One Tree Hill
What Could Have Been
TV Flash files “What Could Have Been” as hour 43 of 187 in the TV Flash guide — One Tree Hill (2003–2012) on WB/CW, season 2, episode 21, aired 2005-05-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E21: listed hour 43 of 187 in the One Tree Hill guide, hour 21 of 23 in season 2. It aired 2005-05-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Lifetime Piling Up” (S02E20). Next is “The Tide That Left and Never Came Back (1)” (S02E22).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Nathan is released from the hospital and returns home to a pile of unpaid bills and an eviction notice. Lucas, Peyton and Brooke throw a fundraiser at the River Court to raise money, but Dan is the one that comes to Nathan's rescue. However, his gift comes with strings - he wants Nathan to ask Haley for an annulment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does What Could Have Been sit in the One Tree Hill guide?
S02E21 is listed hour 43 of 187 — hour 21 of 23 in season 2, season 2 episode 21.
When did One Tree Hill S02E21 air?
What Could Have Been aired 2005-05-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is One Tree Hill a basketball show?
Half-brothers on a North Carolina court are the opening myth. Years of CW weather then refuse to stay teenage — love, fame, family damage.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. One Tree Hill is rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, and a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at the buzzer.
One Tree Hill opens on a North Carolina court and then refuses to stay a sports show. Mark Schwahn's series (2003–2012) began on The WB and continued on The CW: Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty as Lucas and Nathan Scott, half-brothers whose rivercourt myth is only the opening grammar. Hilarie Burton's Peyton, Sophia Bush's Brooke, Bethany Joy Lenz, Paul Johansson's Dan. Music and voiceover defined the mood. Nine seasons, 187 episodes, and a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at…
Filed against
- Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott
Chad Michael Murray played Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. Rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- James Lafferty as Nathan Scott
James Lafferty’s Nathan Scott took One Tree Hill from a North Carolina court into years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage — half-brothers, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy. A soap that aged…
- Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer
Hilarie Burton's Peyton Sawyer made One Tree Hill a rivercourt argument — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, then years of CW weather that refused to stay teenage. Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis
Sophia Bush ruled One Tree Hill as Brooke Davis — CW weather that refused to stay teenage, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, a soap that aged its cast into adult mess instead of freezing them at the buzzer. TV Flash files…
- Bethany Joy Lenz as Haley James Scott
Bethany Joy Lenz’s Haley James Scott aged One Tree Hill past the buzzer — half-brothers on a North Carolina court, CW weather that refused to stay teenage, rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…
- Paul Johansson as Dan Scott
Paul Johansson played Dan Scott on One Tree Hill, 2000s CW weather that started with half-brothers on a North Carolina court and refused to stay teenage. Rivercourt myth, Peyton-versus-Brooke discourse, voiceover melancholy, a soap that…